Jefferson County Crime Statistics West Virginia

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Jefferson County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 1,049 crimes in Jefferson County, West Virginia. With a population of 51,455, there was 1 crime for every 49.1 people in the county. Out of the 1,049 crimes reported, 937 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 112 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	10	19.43
Robbery	11	21.38
Assault	91	176.85
Burglary	176	342.05
Larceny	669	1300.17
Vehicle	91	176.85
Arson	1	1.9

The 2007 crime rate was 2,038.7 incidents per 100,000 people. A -4.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,144.2 incidents). There were 217.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 19.1% change (from 190.9 incidents). Property crimes changed -2.6% from (1,953.3) the previous year to 1,821.0 per 100,000 people.

Jefferson County ranks #33 for violent crimes and #39 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,446 and #1,293 for violent and property related offenses respectively in the nation.

A snapshot of the most current crime statistics are shown in the chart to the left and historical criminal data is shown in the charts below.

Jefferson County Criminal Records

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	4	8.1	5	10.2	7	14.2	78	158.4
2005	0	0.0	10	21.0	8	16.8	70	146.7
2004	1	2.2	3	6.5	6	12.9	24	51.7
2003	1	2.2	1	2.2	11	24.4	33	73.1
2002	0	0.0	6	14.3	10	23.8	43	102.3
2001	0	0.0	3	7.1	4	9.5	45	107.0
2000	1	2.4	4	9.5	7	16.6	59	139.8
1999	0	0.0	7	17.0	7	17.0	37	89.7
1998	2	5.0	0	0.0	11	27.5	60	150.1
1997	1	2.6	4	10.3	16	41.3	30	77.4
1996	3	7.7	4	10.3	17	43.6	21	53.9
1995	3	7.7	4	10.3	12	30.8	20	51.3
1994	2	5.3	2	5.3	12	31.7	47	124.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	210	426.4	644	1307.6	107	217.3	1	2.0
2005	221	463.3	493	1033.5	79	165.6	0	0.0
2004	114	245.7	332	715.5	40	86.2	0	0.0
2003	143	316.8	461	1021.3	49	108.6	0	0.0
2002	93	221.2	332	789.7	44	104.7	0	0.0
2001	80	190.3	290	689.8	37	88.0	0	0.0
2000	147	348.4	420	995.5	58	137.5	0	0.0
1999	90	218.1	264	639.7	27	65.4	0	0.0
1998	182	455.4	643	1608.8	55	137.6	0	0.0
1997	153	394.8	528	1362.4	44	113.5	0	0.0
1996	182	467.0	642	1647.5	52	133.4	0	0.0
1995	278	712.6	736	1886.5	59	151.2	0	0.0
1994	260	686.0	636	1678.1	43	113.5	0	0.0

*Crime Rate is based on number of reported cases per 100,000 population